Corruption
the oecd has a a website devoted to
corruption and a paper relating to
public procuremnet
www.oecd.org/corruption
Defining integrity
Integrity can be defined as the use of funds,
resources, assets, and authority, according to
the intended official purposes, to be used in
line with public interest. A „negative‟ approach
to define integrity is also useful to determine
an effective strategy for preventing „integrity
violations‟ in the field of public procurement.
Integrity violations9 include:
Corruption including bribery, „kickbacks‟,
nepotism, cronyism and clientelism;
Fraud and theft of resources, for example
through product substitution in the delivery
which results in lower quality materials;
Conflict of interest in the public service and
in post-public employment;
Collusion;
Abuse and manipulation of information;
Discriminatory treatment in the public
procurement process; and
The waste and abuse of organisational
resources.
further reading
OECD Guidelines in the area of public service
ethics
Policy brief: Keeping Government Contracts Clean
